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The Anti-Kodak: How a U.S. Firm Innovates and Thrives

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John Bussey

January 13, 2012

For anyone lamenting the decline of big U.S. innovators like Kodak or worried that U.S. industry is losing its creative mojo, we bring you this good-news story—a reminder that some manufacturers have gotten innovation right:

Milliken & Co. of Spartanburg, S.C., arguably should have been crushed by global competition, just like Kodak. Its roots are in the textile industry, a labor-intensive business that long ago decamped for lower wages abroad, leaving abandoned mills throughout the Southeast.

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For anyone in a funk about the decline of big U.S. innovators like Kodak, we highlight companies, like Milliken & Co., maker of textiles, who have innovation exactly right. John Bussey has details on The News Hub. Photo: REUTERS.